At 06:54 PM 12/29/02 -0500, you wrote: >I would like to know if anyone has any information of the lineage of this >WENTWORTH line below. I have dug up this information so far and was amazed >to find the connection to both families. Deacon John DUNHAM is of my line, >William BREWSTER is not. I do however have Edward FULLER which also connects >to Deacon John DUNHAM throught LATHROP, BONHAM and MARTIN lineages. > >William Brewster of the Mayflower was married to Mary Wentworth > >Mary Wentworth, wife of William Brewster (of the Mayflower) was the: >Child of: Thomas Wentworth and Grace Gascoigne >Grandchild of: William Wentworth and Katherine Beeston >Great Grandchild of: Sir Thomas "Good Thomas" Wentworth and Beatrice Woodrow >Great Grandchild of: William Wentworth and Isabel Fitzwilliam > >Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth was the: >Child of: Thomas Dunham and Janet Bromeley >Grandchild of: Elizabeth Wentworth and Ralph Dunham >Great Grandchild of: Thomas "Good Thomas" Wentworth and Beatrice Woodrove >Great Grandchild of: William Wentworth and Isabel Fitzwilliam > >Therefore: Deacon John Dunham and Mary Wentworth were 2nd cousins. It may be that *SOME* John Dunham was second cousin of Mary Wentworth, but it wasn't Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Mass. The latter was not the son of Thomas and Jane (Bromley) Dunham, but instead the son of Richard Dunham of Langford, co. Bedford, England. See the following article: Ward, Robert Leigh, "The English Origin and First Marriage of Deacon John-1 Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts," _The American Genealogist_, vol. 71, no. 3 (Jul 1996), pp. 130-133. Furthermore, it is not proven, and now considered unlikely, that Mary Wentworth was the same Mary ----- who married Elder William-1 Brewster. Consult Caleb Johnson's "Mayflower" website, following these directions: Go to <http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html>. On the left-hand side, under "Passenger Lists", click on "Mayflower 1620". On the new left-hand side, click on "Brewster, William". On the new right-hand side, scroll down to "Note on William Brewster's Wife". Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward Genealogical Research 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659 http://www.rlward.com/ <info@rlward.com>